# Karim Helal

> Karim Helal is a seed investor backing B2B and Procurement. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/khelal
- Website: https://x.com/khelal
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/karim.helal

Karim Helal is a successful serial entrepreneur, having founded and managed a wide range of startups, ranging from Import/Exports to online web applications.Following a peaceful childhood in the UAE, Karim spent the next 15 years in Canada, first earning a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnique, then working as a ProjectManager for Ericsson Canada and then returning to school to get an MBA in entrepreneurship from HEC.As a co-founder and managing partner of the popular eTendering site Monaqasat.com, Karim is responsible for setting the vision and direction of the application while also ensuring the business viability of the business. Under his direction, the startup quickly grew to the most popular eTendering application in the UAE, with over 500 signed businesses and over a billion dirhams worth of awarded tenders within the first 14 months.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| Procurement | 1 | 50% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 50% |
| Construction | 1 | 50% |
| Enterprise Software | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ProTenders | ProTenders is a very quickly growing B2B platform for the Construction industry, enabling developers, architects, engineers, contractors and suppliers of all sizes and from all over the world to quickly increase their visibility, find new leads and streamline their tendering & bidding activities.It achieves that be delivering 3 powerfulmodules that work together:Rich Company Profiles (a.k.a The LinkedIn of Construction) that enables companies to get found based on their expertise, skills, locations,..., resulting in 8-10x more views than when searching on their names only,Accurate Construction Intelligence, using crowd-sourced and protenders-researched data, that enables companies to identify the right people to talk to based on ongoing projects,Secure eTendering that enables developers to streamline their entire bidding process and receive bids online, drastically reducing their overheads and providing them with better data so that they can reduce their project risk. | $2M | Angel | Jan 01, 2016 | https://x.com/protendersinc |
| ProTenders | ProTenders is a very quickly growing B2B platform for the Construction industry, enabling developers, architects, engineers, contractors and suppliers of all sizes and from all over the world to quickly increase their visibility, find new leads and streamline their tendering & bidding activities.It achieves that be delivering 3 powerfulmodules that work together:Rich Company Profiles (a.k.a The LinkedIn of Construction) that enables companies to get found based on their expertise, skills, locations,..., resulting in 8-10x more views than when searching on their names only,Accurate Construction Intelligence, using crowd-sourced and protenders-researched data, that enables companies to identify the right people to talk to based on ongoing projects,Secure eTendering that enables developers to streamline their entire bidding process and receive bids online, drastically reducing their overheads and providing them with better data so that they can reduce their project risk. |  | Seed |  | https://x.com/protendersinc |

2 of 2 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Karim Helal invest in?

Karim Helal invests primarily in B2B, Procurement and Real Estate startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Karim Helal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Karim Helal closed in Jan 2016. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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